millstone, n.
(millstones)
(millstones)
one of a pair of heavy flat disk-shaped stones that are rotated against one another to grind the grain
<noun.artifact>
millstone
any load that is difficult to carry
<noun.artifact>
millstone
semantic pointers
hypernym
(figurative) something that hinders or handicaps
<noun.cognition>
albatross millstone
sample sentences
"she was an albatross around his neck"
semantic pointers
hypernym